A worker at a panda breeding facility in China has sparked outrage in the panda-loving community (which is just about everyone), after he was caught on film striking a little panda cub multiple times in its enclosure for no apparent reason.

Bizarre trends tend to surface here and there all the time. The latest bizzare trend comes from China where they dye their pets to look like a wild animals. Pet owners made their pets look like a tiger, lion or panda.

China fell in love with Paul the Octopus during the Football World Cup and mourned his passing only a few months later. With the onset of the Asian Games in Guangzhou though, spectators have found a new oracle, 12 of them to be precise:

The giant panda, or panda is a bear native to central-western and south western China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body.